#8CB642#8CB642

#8CB642 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.151 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB642
RGB	rgb(140, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(82, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(82, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 0%, 63.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -31.86, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 61.65, 121.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0907 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.151 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5266, 39.4242, 11.2599)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB642 #6C42B6

analogous

#B6A642 #8CB642 #52B642

triadic

#8CB642 #428CB6 #B6428C

tetradic

#8CB642 #42B6A6 #6C42B6 #B64252

square

#8CB642 #42B6A6 #6C42B6 #B64252

split-complementary

#8CB642 #4252B6 #A642B6

monochromatic

#475C21 #698932 #8CB642 #A8CA6C #C2DA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8CB642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#8CB642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB642

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB642	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AE9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.151 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cc7c',
    500: '#8cb642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb642;
$custom-light: #b1cc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.724,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72237,
    "c": 0.15126,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB642

secondary

#A28EC6

accent

#51D682

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB642

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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